Publisher's Synopsis
This volume collects addresses and pamphlets that capture Wesley's views on a variety of political subjects including the nature of political power, his response to Richard Price's Observations on Liberty, his views on slavery, on poverty, on the secession of the American colonies, and on the luxury of the rich. Together they make clear the relevance of Wesley to subsequent developments in the abolition of slavery and the evolution of labour politics. The book features an extensive new introduction by the editor.
-includes extensive new introduction on the life of Wesley and the historical and intellectual context of the writings
-all materials are reset
-there are no modern publications of these texts apart from multi-volume collections of Wesley's entire works
-Wesley is an important figure in the study of the abolition of the slave trade